cat5houston reviewed on 8/28/2009 + 22 more book reviews

I thought this was an anthology of paranormal/vampire/science fiction because of the picture on the cover and the authors listed. After reading a couple of the stories, I went back and re-looked at the cover and back - and it's not. It's definitely a book of horror stories. "Mr. Bear" and "Dear Prudence" were the most disturbing in my opinion (which is kind of the point of a horror story). Most of the short stories in here by authors I've read before were a little darker and a lot bloodier than their usual ones (maybe because they are so short) and there were some authors that were new to me who had stories I liked enough to plan to try their novels. The conversations between characters were the best part of this book and good in all the stories. All of the conversations sound so witty and reasonable until the circumstances of who is talking and the violence are taken into account and then they are completely bizarre. The ones I liked best were "Elvis and the Bloodsucker Blues," which was funny, and I also liked the one called "Pr Problems;" and the Jim Butcher story "Day Off" which is a Harry Dresden story. I thought the Charlaine Harris story did not live up to a great title. This is a big anthology with a lot of stories.

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